About a month ago I walked into the call room one morning and the TV was on an infomercial for a new exercise program. As I dropped my bag and changed into my scrubs I got drawn into the offer for a stronger body in just a few minutes a day. The testimonials from happy women who’d been able to transform their bodies were compelling. I wanted to be stronger and enjoy a sweaty workout like these smiling women! I even wrote down the name of the program and signed up for the discount to be texted to me. I figured I’d think about incorporating this program into my schedule and deciding how I would pay for it later.

 

Then I went out into the hospital to see patients.

 

Yesterday, the same infomercial was on the TV when I left my bag in the call room. It reminded me that weeks had gone by and I hadn’t done anything about that program. To be fair, I had made a decision: I’d do nothing. By not signing up for the program, not making room in my schedule for an intense workout regimen, I’d decided not to create a stronger body.

 

So what? It doesn’t really matter what decision I make for my body. I can choose to lose or gain weight, exercise or not, eat foods that promote health or don’t. In the end, it’s all a choice. The real question is: What does my choice cost and am I willing to pay?

 

 

When I lost weight 15 years ago, being in a lighter body was an unbelievably wonderful feeling. Exercise wasn’t part of my process for weight loss. I needed all my focus to learn how to fuel my body differently, so exercise was not a priority. But over the years, I’ve wondered what it would be like to live in a strong, athletic body. I wasn’t an athlete as a kid, and when I was dancing in high school and college I was overweight, so I’ve never lived in a strong and light body. When I see ads for workout programs or the athletes competing in the Olympics, I envy their strength and ability.

By not doing anything with my exercise regimen, I’ve paid a price. I live in a body that isn’t as powerful as I’d like it to be. I’m missing what it would feel like to have strong arms and legs that can do more than they do now. I don’t get to experience what living in that body would feel like. Months and years are passing by without having what I could have because I haven’t decided to invest the time, energy, and money into changing my body into what I want. I’ve paid with my time.

 

 

You’re doing the same thing with your weight loss.

 

When you don’t decide to do what you can to lose weight, you decide to stay where you are. If you want to be in the body you’re in, it doesn’t cost you anything. But if you want to lose the weight and don’t, what’s it costing you? Over the next few weeks, we’re going to talk about the costs of NOT losing the weight. We’re going to talk about time, money, intimacy, and other costs of not moving toward your goal. I’m going to help you decide whether what you’re paying is worth it.

 

You don’t have to pay these costs. You can decide at any time to do what you need to do to lose weight and you CAN be successful! You can start today and you don’t have to have anything but your decision to do it. But, you might want help – you don’t have to do it alone!

If you’ve already decided that the costs of not moving ahead are too high and you’re ready to invest in yourself to reach your goal, email me at drandreachristianparks@gmail.com. We’ll set up your free consultation so you can start losing weight now!

 

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